15 Days Kenya & Tanzania Combo Wildlife Safari- Minivan & Landcruiser

DAY 1: NAIROBI - SAMBURU NATIONAL RESERVE

Today, you will start your 15 days safari from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport or from your Nairobi hotel after breakfast. Upon pick-up, you will be engaged in 10 minutes brief on the day-by-day safari schedule. Depart to Samburu National Reserve by passing through the equator for a stopover. Arrive at a good time for lunch at your lodge. Then followed by an afternoon game drive until sunset. Dinner and Overnight at the camp/lodge.

DAY 2: SAMBURU NATIONAL RESERVE

Today you will have a full-day game drive at Samburu National Reserve one in the morning and the other in the evening. You will leave with your packed lunch as the park is extensive enough to see more wildlife. The peaceful atmosphere and the authentic wilderness experience set it apart from the better-known wildlife reserves in Kenya, there is plentiful wildlife, and bird watching is especially good. The reserve is fairly hot and semi-arid, making for easy game viewing. Enjoy 2 days full of game viewing in this harshly beautiful terrain where wildlife abounds along the Uaso Nyiro River, the park’s only source of drinking water. Dinner and Overnight at the camp/lodge.

DAY 3: SAMBURU NATIONAL RESERVE - THOMPSON'S FALLS NYUHURURU

After breakfast, descend slowly with scenic sightings of Aberdare National Park to Nyahururu areas to arrive in time for check-in for Lunch. After enjoying your hot buffet lunch, you will have the opportunity to explore the enchanting waterfalls that attract colorful birds and provide good photographic opportunities. A nature trail at the base of the falls and through the gorge is a safe haven for the endangered Columbus monkeys, baboons, and small animals. A popular base for high altitude training, used by international athletes. Dinner and Overnight at the lodge/camp/resort.

DAY 4: THOMPSON'S FALLS NYUHURURU - LAKE NAKURU NATIONAL PARK

After breakfast Depart Thomson Falls Lake Nakuru National Park to arrive in time for lunch. Here, due to an abundance of algae in the lake, flamingos famously line the shores sometimes (in season) all that can be seen is an incredible moving mass of pink! Enjoy an afternoon game drive hopefully spotting beautiful flamingos on the lake and the resident rhino. Thereafter you will be checked at your lodge where you will spend the night.

DAY 5: LAKE NAKURU NATIONAL PARK - LAKE NAIVASHA

Today, wake up for an early morning game drive until 0830hrs. Return to your lodge for a full buffet breakfast then after breakfast, refresh and check-out to proceed to Lake Naivasha. Arrive at Lake Naivasha in time for check-in for lunch at your lodge/camp. In the afternoon, you will have an optional boat ride and visit the crescent island at an extra cost. Upon arrival at your lodge also, you can decide to refresh then take a nature walk along around the lodge as you enjoy amenities and bird watching. Dinner and Overnight at the lodge/camp.

DAY 6: LAKE NAIVASHA - MASAI MARA NATIONAL RESERVE

Wake up early for a cool breeze from the lake. Have your hot breakfast then check-out to proceed to Masai Mara National Reserve. Drive through the floor of Great Rift Valley with a magnificent view of Mount Longonot then Narok town for a short stopover for fueling and buy some snacks if willing. You will arrive at the Reserve in time for lunch and start the first introduction game drive in the afternoon, tracking the various animal species and birds that inhabit here with your driver guide until sunset. Dinner and Overnight at the lodge/camp.

DAY 7: MASAI MARA NATIONAL RESERVE

The Mara reserve is 1510 km² of incredible wide-open landscapes and fertile riverine woodland following the looping meanders of the Mara and Talek rivers in Kenya. One glimpse is enough to explain its appeal; it is typical open savannah, with a mass of amazing wildlife. Wherever you go in the vast Masai Mara you will see a frequent amount of wildlife such as Masai giraffe, baboons, warthogs, bat-eared foxes, grey jackals, spotted hyena, topis, impala, hartebeests, wildebeest. Elephants, buffaloes, zebras, and hippos are also found in great numbers. It is also common to see lions either basking after a heavy meal or surveying the plains for their next meal. The ultimate action here is, without doubt, the annual wildebeest exodus, the Great Migration, in July and August when millions of these grass eaters move north from the Serengeti in search of lusher grass before turning south again in October. A full-day game drives with picnic lunch until sunset. Dinner and Overnight at the lodge/camp.

DAY 8: MASAI MARA NATIONAL RESERVE - SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK VIA ISEBANIA BORDER

After your early morning breakfast, you will check out of the lodge and depart to Serengeti National Park. Arrive Isebania Border in time to cross the border. Have lunch at the border then our guide will transfer you to the customs immigration office to clear to the other side of Tanzania. Our Corporate agency guide on the side of Tanzania will be ready to pick you so as to proceed with your safari to Serengeti National Park with a 4x4 Land cruiser. You will arrive at Serengeti National Park late afternoon with a game drive en-route to your lodge/camp in time for dinner and Overnight.

DAY 9: SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK

This whole day, have breakfast then depart for a full-day game drive carrying parked lunch with you. You will marvel at what Serengeti has to offer regarding wild game hence famously known as the World’s largest wildlife sanctuary. Then return to the lodge for dinner and overnight. Serengeti national park has beautiful views of the endless plains with over 500 recorded bird species. The park is home to the big seven including; lion, elephant, leopard, buffalo, cheetah, rhino, and African hunting dog. The Serengeti stretches 14,763 (5,700 sq miles) stretching North to Kenya and bordering Lake Victoria to the West. Serengeti has the highest concentration of large mammals on this planet and it's famously known for its 2,500 Lions the largest concentration found anywhere. The park also has over 518 identified bird species where some of which are Eurasian migrants who are present in the European winter months from October to April.

DAY 10: SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK - NGORONGORO CRATER

Enjoy your final morning breakfast at Serengeti National Park. Refresh and check-out of the lodge to depart to Ngorongoro Crater. You will arrive at Ngorongoro Crater in time for lunch at your lodge/camp. After lunch, embark on an afternoon game drive on these landscapes that range from dense mountain forests and woodlands to grasslands, lakes, and swamps. Huge herds of ungulates dominate the crater floor with zebras, wildebeests, elands, Grant’s and Thompson’s gazelles being the species most commonly seen. But the crater is also home to the “big five” and elephants, lions, and buffaloes are often spotted. The almost extinct black rhino can also be found in the crate and sightings aren’t rare either. Serval cats spotted hyenas, and jackals are also often seen while cheetahs are more difficult to spot. Later in the evening, return to your lodge/camp for dinner and Overnight.

DAY 11: NGORONGORO CRATER - LAKE MANYARA NATIONAL PARK

Early morning breakfast with a great view of the Ngorongoro crater as you prepare to leave for Lake Manyara. After breakfast, you will depart to Lake Manyara to arrive in time for lunch at your lodge. After lunch, you will go for an afternoon game drive until late evening. Dinner and Overnight at your lodge.

DAY 12: LAKE MANYARA NATIONAL PARK - TARANGIRE NATIONAL PARK

After an early breakfast, we head to Tarangire National Park. In 1970, the national park emerged from a former colonial hunting ground. He has a very diverse animal world, not least because of its size, which corresponds to approximately Luxembourg. The park is home to one of the largest elephant populations in the north of Tanzania but is also home to many other wild animals. With some luck, you can spot lions, cheetahs, or leopards. The landscape of the park is very diverse. Especially the huge baobab trees, which are located close together in the north-eastern sector of the park, are particularly impressive. You will arrive at your lodge in time for lunch. After lunch, start your afternoon game drive until late evening then returns to your lodge for dinner and Overnight.

DAY 13: MASAI TARANGIRE NATIONAL PARK - AMBOSELI NATIONAL PARK VIA NAMANGA BORDER

After breakfast at the lodge, depart with picnic lunch boxes to the Namanga border. Clear customs and immigration formalities then join our Kenya tour driver and proceed to Amboseli. You will have lunch en route. Once you arrive at the park, you will enjoy a game drive. Look out for large herds of elephants, lions, leopards, gazelles, wild dogs, and the magnificent view of Mt. Kilimanjaro. Dinner and overnight at the lodge.

DAY 14: AMBOSELI NATIONAL PARK

Wake up time will be 0630am, go for the main breakfast and then proceed for the full day game drive at the backdrop of Kilimanjaro. You will be in the Park and a picnic lunch will be served at the viewpoint. Amboseli Park has become one of the most visited Park in Kenya for its serenity as well as the view of the peak of Kilimanjaro during the sunrise and sunset in the evening. Here to be spotted are the big cats as well as the herds of the African Elephants. Explore this amazing Kenya pride for the whole day and then return to the lodge in the late afternoon for dinner and overnight.

DAY 15: AMBOSELI NATIONAL PARK - NAIROBI

Have breakfast at the lodge then check out with packed lunch to Nairobi. You will arrive in time for drop-off at your Nairobi hotel or at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.